diff --git a/system/boot/efivar/pspec.xml b/system/boot/efivar/pspec.xml
index e638ab7ed6..4f30e0b04a 100644
--- a/system/boot/efivar/pspec.xml
+++ b/system/boot/efivar/pspec.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
         <Summary>Tools and library to manipulate EFI variables</Summary>
         <Description>Tools and library to manipulate EFI variables.</Description>
         <Archive sha1sum="db9553acd4ac3fc39ed2bb3078da17348646d8ea" type="tarbz2">https://github.com/rhinstaller/efivar/releases/download/0.15/efivar-0.15.tar.bz2</Archive>
+        <BuildDependencies>
+           <Dependency>popt-devel</Dependency>
+        </BuildDependencies>
     </Source>
 
     <Package>